Sight for firearms.



-No. 871,034. PATENTED NOV. 12, 1907.

E. W. EVANS.

SIGHT FOR FIREARMS.

APPLICATION FILED mm. as. 1907.

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ATTORNEYS EVAN WILLIAM EVANS, OF, GREENWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA.

SIGHT FOR FIREARMS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 12, 1907.

Application filed-February 28.1907. Serial No. 359,714.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EvA1\ WILLIAM EVANS, a subject of the King of GreatBritain, and a resident of Greenwood, in the Province of BritishColumbia and the Dominion of Canada, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Sights for Firearms, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to sights for fire arms, and has for its principalobject to provide sights for fire arms which will prevent the blurringof the vision of the marksman when he is aiming at a mark.

A further object of the invention is to provide the sights with surfaceswhich will give such a contrast, as will assist the marksman when aimingat dark objects. t

. Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings which illustratethe embodiment of my invention described in this specification, thescope of the invention being set forth in the appended claims.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a side view of a riflebarrel on which thesights are mounted; Fig. 2 is an end view of the breech of therifle-barrel showing the rear or peep sight; Fig. 3 isa sectional viewon the line 33 of Fig. 1., showing the front or muzzle sight; and Fig. 4is a view showing the sights with relation to each other on the riflebarrel.

.The rear or peep sight (1 consists of a tube I) extendinglongitudinally of the rifle barrel, the rear end of which is enlarged toform an annular outer flange c, the rear face 01 of which is roughenedto prevent the glistening of light. The front or muzzle sight 0 consistsof a piece of metal or other suitable material f which has a V-shapedopening at its top extending longitudinally of the rifle barrel, withthe apex of the V slightly below the usual bead in taking aim, so as topermit the mark to be in clear view below as well as above the saidusual bead. In the rear face of the front or muzzle sight is inlaid aY-shaped piece of light colored metal 9 made to register with the V inthe saidfront or muzzle sight. By constructing the front or muzzle sightin this manner with relation to the rear or peep sight, it is possiblefor the marksman to aim at any object at any distance without danger -ofhis vision becoming blurred. The eye can be focused only on one objectat a time and it is therefore important not to distract the vision ofthe marksman by the sights on the rifle barrel.

With my rifle sight it is possible for a marksman to focus his eye onthe mark without the focus of the eye being impaired by either the frontor rear sights within the range of vision. This I am able to do byroughening the rear face of the rear or peep sight, and by inlaying alight-colored piece of metal in the rear face of the front or muzzlesight, a contrast is afforded which will enable the marks-man to quicklyfind the mark through the sights while, as the front or muzzle sight isconstructed to permit of the marksman draw ing the bead above the bottomof the V in the front or muzzle sight, the focus of his eye on the markis interfered with as little as possible. The sights are mounted on therifle barrel in the usual manner. Fig. 4 illustrates the sights mountedon the rifle barrel, the line x-;r representing a ray of light passingthrough the sights.

It is understood that while this invention is described with relation tohand-arms, it may be used on all classes of fire arms, on surveyorsinstruments, and on all other devices which are or may be used fordrawing a bead or straight line between two points near or distant fromeach other.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent.

1v In sights for fire arms, a rear sight tubular in form with an outerflange on its rear face, the rear surfaces of said sight and flangebeingroughened on its rear face, and a front sightwith -a V-shapedopening at its top on the rear face of which is attached a Yshaped pieceof material 2. In sights for fire arms, a rear sight tubular in formwith an outer flange on its rear face, the rear surfaces of said sightand flange being roughened, and a front sight with a V-shaped opening atits top on the rear face of which is attached a piece of light coloredmetal.

In sights for fire arms, a rear sight tubular in form with an outerflange on its rear face, the rear surfaces of which flange and sight areof a dull color, and a front sight with a v shaped opening at its tophaving" a light colored surface on its rear face.

4. In sights for fire arms, a rear sight having a rough surface on itsrear face, and a front sight having a V-shaped opening longitudinally ofthe rifle-barrel, and :1 Y-shaped piece of light colored material inlaidin the rear face of the front sight, and made to register with the V inthe sight.

5. In sights for fire arms, a rear sight tubular in form with an outerflange on its rear face the rear surface of which is roughened, and afront sight having a V-shaped opening and a piece of light colored metalinlaid in the rear face of the front sight and made to register with theV.

(i. A sight for. fire arms having a V-shaped opening and in the rear ofthe sight a Y-shaped piece of light colored material attached toregister with the bottom of the V in the sight, the said Y-shaped pieceof light colored matcrial not extending to the top of the sight.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

EVAN WILLIAM EVANS.

Witnesses:

J. R. BROWN, ED. ANDERSON.

